Butterflies and flowers at home

It’s spring break week here in Florida so the girls are eating at home. It’s incredibly warm here again too so it feels like spring too. Miss G is definitely in a girly girl phase. Everything must be princesses, pink, flowery and fancy. I went with butterflies for today’s theme. In the yellow butterfly cup is leftover cannellini bruschetta with rice vinegar, fresh basil from the garden, mini heirloom and grape tomatoes from the local market mixed with salt & pepper. It’s great on bread but awesome without it too. At top right on the plate are heart-shaped strawberries, below that is a small black plum cut into a butterfly shape with pick antennae. Her sandwich is a whole grain bread butterfly with almond butter and agave nectar. On top are peeled plum slices on the wings and another slice of black plum for the body and more colored picks for antennae.

Little A had a flower themed lunch today. Since she turned 2 it’s pretty much anyone’s guess as to whether she’ll devour the whole lunch or smile and chuck it all on the floor. Today she went with option C which was to push the food around on her plate a bit, make a pattern in the applesauce and then proclaim that she’s “all done”. I try. Her sandwich is a whole grain flower with almond butter and agave with a blueberry on top and a snap pea crisp for the stem. The yellow flower cup has cinnamon applesauce and a grape in it. Below that are sections of black plum in a flower shape and next to that are a couple of strawberry flowers.